Unfortunately in warfare, sometimes there are unintended casualties. The RAF discovered that on march 21st 1945. At the request of the Danish resistance movement, a force of RAF Mosquitoes attacked the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen. Although the raid was a success, a horrific tragedy occurred nearby. One of the Mosquitos, on its bombing run, struck a light mast in the railway goods yard, veered to the left and crashed in a ball of fire near the Jeanne d'Arc Catholic School. The fire and smoke from the crash was mistakenly targeted by the next wave of Mosquitos which dropped their bombs on and around the crash site. 86 children and 10 teachers lost their lives in this tragedy and sixty-seven were injured.
A week ago an Israeli helicopter was shoot down by an Israeli rocket, 2 pilots were killed.
Only disarming Hezbollah and a free democratic Lebanon will insure that situations like this will not happen again in south Lebanon.
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